'''Gibbering Madness''' was a UK zine edited by [[Evan]] from Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK in the 1990's.

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'''Gibbering Madness''' was a UK zine edited by [[Evan]] from Sheffield, South Yorkshire in the 1990's.

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''Gibbering Madness'' started out as a horror and weird literature zine. The first issue featured writers such as Clark Ashton Smith and Brian Lumley. Evan sets out his philosophy in the first issue's editorial:

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It started out as a horror zine but as it progressed it became more [[DIY]], [[punk]] orientated, focusing on the creative non-music side of punk, [[Mail Art|Mail-art]], weirdness,plus personal thoughts and columns. There were 8 issues in total. The editor Evan was in various D.I.Y. punk and hardcore bands including Avaricious and The Great Refusal.

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''The reasons I've decided to start this magazine are:

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''1) I think the prices of books and magazines are absolutely horrendous.<br>

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''2) It's the sort of magazine I would buy.''<br>

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''3) I want it to be a platform for anyone who wants to see their work in print. whether it's short stories, poems, articles/ comments/ letters on anything you like to do with horror/ weird art, fiction, films or things. Basically, you send it to me and I'll print it. The magazine is accessible to everyone and anyone - as you will see in this issue, there are things by people of all ages.''

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As it progressed it integrated more [[DIY]], [[punk]] orientated material, focusing on the creative non-music side of punk, [[Mail Art|Mail-art]], weirdness, plus personal thoughts and columns. There were 8 issues in total. The editor Evan was in various D.I.Y. punk and hardcore bands including Avaricious and The Great Refusal.

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Covers were done by artists such as Ade Deaville, and Dogger.

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Revision as of 20:13, 23 February 2011

Gibbering Madness was a UK zine edited by Evan from Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK in the 1990's.

Gibbering Madness started out as a horror and weird literature zine. The first issue featured writers such as Clark Ashton Smith and Brian Lumley. Evan sets out his philosophy in the first issue's editorial:

The reasons I've decided to start this magazine are:

1) I think the prices of books and magazines are absolutely horrendous.2) It's the sort of magazine I would buy.3) I want it to be a platform for anyone who wants to see their work in print. whether it's short stories, poems, articles/ comments/ letters on anything you like to do with horror/ weird art, fiction, films or things. Basically, you send it to me and I'll print it. The magazine is accessible to everyone and anyone - as you will see in this issue, there are things by people of all ages.

As it progressed it integrated more DIY, punk orientated material, focusing on the creative non-music side of punk, Mail-art, weirdness, plus personal thoughts and columns. There were 8 issues in total. The editor Evan was in various D.I.Y. punk and hardcore bands including Avaricious and The Great Refusal.